The Buyers Journey: How to Create Blogs for Every Stage

The Buyers Journey: How to Create Blogs for Every Stage

“The kind of content you create depends on your audience’s needs at different stages in the buyer’s journey. You should start by creating buyer personas to identify what your audience’s goals and challenges are in relation to your business. On a basic level, your online content should aim to help them meet these goals, and overcome their challenges.

Then, you’ll need to think about when they’re most likely to be ready to consume this content in relation to what stage they’re at in their buyer’s journey – referred to as content mapping.

With content mapping, the goal is to target content according to:

The characteristics of the person who will be consuming it

How close that person is to making a purchase (i.e., their life-cycle stage).

Awareness Stage

Blog posts. Great for increasing your organic traffic when paired with a strong SEO and keyword strategy.

Very shareable, meaning they increase your chances of being found via social media when others share your content.

Short videos. These are very shareable and can help your brand get found by new audiences by hosting them on platforms like YouTube.

Consideration Stage

Great for lead generation as they’re generally more comprehensive than a blog post or infographic, meaning someone is more likely to exchange their contact information to receive it.

As they’re a more detailed, interactive form of video content, short online courses or webinars are an effective consideration stage content format as they offer more comprehensive content than a blog post or short video.

Decision Stage

Short testimonials around your website is a good alternative. For B2C brands, think of testimonials a little more loosely. If you’re a clothing brand, these might take the form of photos of how other people styled a shirt or dress, pulled from a branded hashtag where people can contribute.”